Combined bed and couch.



No. 871,181. I PATENTED NOV. 19, 1907.' D. '1. OWEN.

COMBINED BED AND COUCH.

APPLICATION FILED 0012s, 1906.

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No. 871,181. PATBNTED NOV. 19, 1907. n. T. 0WBN.

COMBINED BED AND COUCH.

APPLICATION FILED OUT.8, 1906.

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D. T. OWEN. COMBINED BED AND COUCH.

APPLICATION FILED 0OT.8, 1906.

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David T. Gwen No. 871,181. PATENTED NOV. 19, 1907. 1). T. OWEN. COMBINEDBED AND GOUGH.

APPLICATION FILED 0OT.8, 1906.

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ATTEST I/vvEA/T R 1]? a 8 Dmrd T. Owen citizen of the United States,residing at UNITED STATES PATENT orrron;

DAVID T. OWEN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNORETO 'lHE'D..'l. OWEN COMPANY,OF

CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID T. OWEN, a

Cleveland, in the county of ()uyahoga and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Combined Beds and pouches; and dodeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, which will enable others skilledin the art to which itappertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to combined beds and couches, and the invention isan improvement onthe combined bed and couch shown and described in my aplication for Letters Patent of the Unite States, Serial No. 320,328.

An important object in the present inven tion is embodied in thearrangement of the bed-frame and its springs whereby adequate room isafforded for the mattress and bedding and wherebythe mattress andsprings "combined provide for a comfortable couch finish the cone seatand which is free from view of a portion of the bed-frame s andsecondary pivots and cross brace. 50.

the bed-frame and is adapted to dro away therefrom when the parts areunfol ed for use asa bed.

Other objects are embodied in other details of construction as willfully appear in the following detailed description of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Fi ure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved bed and couch as folded for use as a couch. Fig. 2 is an edgeview of a stuffed mattress especially adapted for use with my invention.Fig. 3 is a central cross section of the invention folded as shown inFig. 1. Fig. 4 is a cross section of the main frame and a sideelevacompletely unfolded in dotted lines and with-.

outthe mattress. Fig. 5 is a perspective iowmg the details ofconstruction of the primlary 1 6 is a perspective view of the inventionuii folded for useas a bed but with the mattress removed. Fi 7 is across section and end elevation oft e parts'unfolded as in Fig. 6.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 8. 1906. Serial No. 387.861.

Patented Nov. 19, 1907.

Fig. 8 is a similar view toFigs. 4 and 6 except that the parts are shownin 'full and dotted lines in the positions assumed when folding the samefrom bed to couch. Fig. 9 is a pers ective view partly sectioned awe ofthe ppliolstered spring frame for the coucii seat.

Themain elements of this invention com prise main frame 2, folding bedframe 3, and the separate upholstered spring frame 4 for the couch setat. Main frame 2 may be variously modified from the design or formshown, but as shown and upholstered the design is of the so-calleddavenpo'rt type of couch having arm rest ends 5 and a cushioned back 6with head rest a. In this instance, head rest a is pivotally mounted onupright portions 7 of ends 5 and is adapted to be raised as seen in Fig.6 to permit unfolding of the bed-frame, especially as re- 8 thereonwhich project upard behind ack6-and are concealed thereby when the partsare all folded for use as a couch. Front and rear rails 9, 10 and 11,res ectively, connect ends 5 and all together ma (e a rigid support andinclosing frame for the bed and seat frames.

Bed-frame 3 is made up of two metal sections 12 and 14, respectivel hined together at 15 at each end si e of the bed proper, and said bed frameis 0 en throughout except for the spring-mesi bottom 16 which isstretched between its ends. Any suitable spring bed-bottom may beemployed but preferably one .of no appreciable thickness, such as a wiremesh havin heli- ,cal springs 17 at its ends which are a apted toconnect with the end rails of the bed frame 3 as shown. In view ofthefact that bed frame 3 is comprised of two f ldable sections adapted tgbe s aced apart from each' other when folded it ollows that the springbed bottom is also made in two sections, onev for each bed-framesection. A separate bedmattress 18 also formed of two parts andpreferably united by a hinge like conned tion, although not necessarilyso, is ada ted to rest upon bed spring bottom 16 as aw ole whenbed-frame 3 is unfolded and is also adapted to fold one part u on theother between the two scctionsof t e s ring bottom when bed frame 3 isfolded. he usual bed linen and covers may also be folded in be--- tweenthe mattress sections when the bed is made up in the morning and the bedis con-' verted into a couch.

Bed iirarne 3 and the parts carried thereb are adapted to fold andunfold as describe by reason of certain details of constructionembodying a primary pivot support 20 for bed-frame 3 and the secondarypivot or thus alining both of said sections on the I same plane.

\(Vhen said bed-frame sections are folded one upon the other, thelocation of their pivot connections necessarily spaces them apart to lieon different planes.

Primary pivot 20 is preferably located at the front of main frame 2 onends 5 and may be a trunnion connection, as shown, or some othersuitable pivot arrangement, which will adapt bed-frame section 12 toswing upward and outward from the main frame when unfolded; The locationof primary pivot 20 in bed-frame section 12 is preferably at a pointapproximately opposite pivot connection 15 near the joint line of thebedfr'ame sections, and also at a point near the plane line of bed-frame3. One advantage of this ivot arrangement is that both the seat and thebed bottom are brought to the proper planes for their respective uses.Another advantage is that the folding and unfolding of the parts isaccomplished by swinging only one' section, no mechanism being requiredto jointly operate both sections to and from their two ositions of rest.A further advantage is that oth bed springs sections when folded comeinto play and combine with the mattress toform a spring cushioned couchseat, and on the other hand when the bed-frame is unfolded the bedspring bottom is perfectly free and, unobstructed to play as usual underload.

This latter feature is further provided for by the construction andarran ement of upholstered seat frame 4. T1115, said frame f comprises aspring wire border ortion 25 trussed by spring rods 26 central y betweenits ends, and a further spring frame 27 at the bottom front edge offrame 4 completes said,

structure, especially when all said .parts are flexibly united by acovering of fabric 24 or the like which may be padded to give thenecessary upholstered finish to the top and front of thecou ch seat.WVhen bed-frame 3 is folded it is inclosed top and front by up bolsteredframe 4 which is adapted to rest free thereon and upon one section ofthe bed spring bottom 16. Detachable connectionsis alsopreferaoly'buttoned or (Tetachabl'y connected with the front rail 9 ofmain frame 2.

It will be understood that one of the essential requisites of a couchseat is to have a comfortably yieldiin front edge which when free fromload will a ways come to a straight line from end to end of the couch. Aerfeet upholstered seat requires that the fa ric be drawn tightly on itsframe and this tends to draw front edge 29 inward or out of line, andalso causes it to sag down at its center. Truss '26 effectually preventsthe inward movement without nullifying the desired downward yield to thefront edge, and springs 27 yleldingly maintain said edge upward on astraight line and prevent it from sagging. The flexible and hinge likeconnections between main frame 2 and bed-frame 3 and seat frame 4 permitsaid u holstered seat frame to drop away from the ed-frame andbed-bottom when unfolded. The seat frame a may also be bodily removed todust and clean it whenever needed.

Now, referring more particularly to the means for supporting bed-frame 3in its two positions, it will be seen that when said bed frame is foldedupon itself, primary pivot 20 on main frame 2 is its support at thefront, and a set of rollers 30, one upon each end rail of rear bed framesection 14 serve to support it at the rear because said rollers areadapted to rest andride on a track or ledge 31 upon the inside of eachmain frame end 5. same rollers 30 also support rear section 14 of bedframe 3 when unfolded as they are adapted to engage and lien on pivotalspring pressed rest members 32 w rich are fastened, one at each side, toends 5 on a higher plane than tracks'3 1.

Now, assuming that the couch is folded as seen in Fig. 1, and it isdesired to convert the done, the operator grasps strap 33 attache toapivoter spring lock 34 on bed-frame section 12 and which lock isadapted to en a e a shoulder piece 35 on rear rail 10, to hol t ebed-frame down and folded as against the upward pressure of the mattressand bedding which is presumably compressed to a greater or less extent.This upward pressure is also produced to a somewhat greater extent by apair offc'onnected helical springs 36 attached to ends 5 and bed-frame 3at pivot 15 and which help to raise and unfold said parts and relievesthe pulling strain upon the operator.

' A pull upon strap 33 first releases lock '34 from shoulder piece 5 andthenraises the free end of bed-frame section 12 which swings on Thesemovement bed section 14 is carried rearward movement. The bed is nowcompletely uning an arc of 180 degrees beforelegs 8 rest upon the floor.During the first part of this primary pivot 20, the full. movementcover- I l within frame 2, its rollers 30 riding on tracks 31 and thisaction is caused by the crank like relation between pivot 15 and primarypivot 20. I As unfolding of bed frame 3 progresses say from the positionshown in Fig. 4, pivot 15 travels on an arc upward and forward, thusraising one portion of bed-frame section 14 and causing it to reverseits previous movement until members 23' abut, as in Fig. 8. When thisoccurs, the two bed frame sections and spring bottom sections carriedthereby as well as the mattress thereon are on the same plane and form acomplete full sized bed, and all move together unitormly on primarypivot 20 until level with the floor.- During the latter part of thisunfolding movement, rollers 30 engage and press back pivoted springrests I52 and ride to the top or above the same, and then said restsspring back he neath the rollers at the completion of the folded as seenin Figs. 6 and T, and the couch seat frame 4 has dropped away, and aperfect bed bot tom is disclosed which is supported at the front onfixed legs and at the center on its primary and secondary pivotconnections and at the rear rests on the main frame The reverse of themovements above described necessarily follow in converting the bed backto the couch form but with one notable except-ion. 'lhus, hen bed-framesection 12 is first raised pivot 15 travels rearward and downwardthereby separating the bed-frame sections at theirjoint or meeting lineand this movement rides rollers 30 on section 14 free of rests 32thereby permitting whereby the other part fo section 14 to drop at itsfree end until hinge members 23 abut again and as seen in full anddotted lines, Fig 8. 'lhen, when said rollers strike trar, 31 thefolding ci -tomof said bed-frame sections is autonlath-ally broughtabout by merely winging: section 12 back I to an inverted positionwithinrourh frame '2. r I also show a trusscd brace I: pivolallyconnecting bed-frame IS between its opposite I primary pivots l0, andthis brace guard against excessive inward strain own the bcdl frameespecially at its pivoted ends; Said brace remains substantially in thesame position throughout the folding and unfolding of l the bed-frame, aclip 37 on front rail 9 holding I it practically stationary. I Primarypivots 20 are in reality round trunnions which project outwardly fromend pieces 38 of brace I) and which have squared or flattened ends 39adapted to rest in open ings in ends 5 of cou h frame 3 or in suitablekeepers fastened on the inside of said frame ends. In some types of(lavenport couches 1 prepivotafly connected to unfold onthe same planeand to fold upon each other on different planes, a spring bottom foreach bedframe part, a mattress adapted to rest upon said bed bottom andto fold therewith, and

rests for the free ends of said bedfra1ne when in folded and unfoldedpositions.

3. In a combined bed and couclna main support and a two part bed framehaving primary pivot connections with said support and secondary pivotconnections with each other whereby sahtbed-frame parts are adap ed tounfold to the sanle horizontal plane 8.1K also to fold upon each otherwith a space between for a mattress and bedding, spring bottom sectionsfor said bed frame, a mattress f or said spring bottom, rests for thefree ends of said bed-frame when in folded and'unfolded positions and ase iarate couch seat cover ada ted to befreed from said bed-frame whenunfolded.

4. In a combined couch and bed, a two part frame having a shoulderedhinge connection and a pivot support for said frame adapt-- ing one ofsaid parts to lo inverted and fdcd and unfolded, a spring bottom forsaid )arts combining to make a spring seat for the couch and aspringbotlom for the bed, rests for said frame when folded and unfolded,and a separate couch seat cover adapted to be removed from saidspringbottom.

5. in a combined bed and conch, a main support and a two part bed-framehaving a primary pivonconncction with said support and secondary pivotconnections nith each other located at one side of the said primarypivot, a' spring bottom for said bed-frame and a brace centrally lmtwccnthe ends of said bed-fralnc adapted to take up the strain of said springbottom at said pivot. cxmncctions.

(3. A, main support and a combined seat and bed frame comprising a pairof three sided sections hinged together at their meeting ends and havingone of said sections pivotally mounted on said support and the otherfree to mov 1 therein during folding and unfolding, a brace memberpivotally en gaged with said sections at their hinged ends, and a springbottom mounted within said l frame.

7. A main frame and a combined seat and bed frame ivotally mountedthereon and adapted to fie bodily moved therefrom, said bed frame comrising a pair of sections foldably connecte and having bracing meansbetween their connections adapted to lie on a lower lane than saidsections when unfolded, and a Eat spring bottom stretched within theborders of said bed frame.

8. In a combined bed and couch, a main frame, and a foldable bed framecomprising two sections hinged together and having a spring bed bottomstretched within its borders, in combination with a brace member betweenthe ends of said bed frame having trunnions at its end adapted torotatably support said bed frame upon the main frame.

9. In a combined bed and couch, a main frame, and a'foldable bed framecomprising two sections having right angled endsand hinge connectionstherefor adapting said sections to be unfolded from two different planesto the same plane, in combination with a truss member havingrotatable'engagement with said sections and having -'projecting endsadapted to be mounted u onthe main frame.

10. In a combined bet and'couch, a main frame having a set of rests, anda bed frame bottom comprising foldable sections ro vided With a centraldepending truss mem er hav ing its ends "engaged with said rests andadapted to rotatably sup ort said bed frame.

11. In a combined ber. and couch, a main frame, and a bed frame bottomcomprising a pair of foldable sections hinged together at their meetingends, in combination with a truss member having end pieces withprojecting trunnions rotatably engaged with one of said sections andsaid trunnions having angular ends adapted to be engaged with said mainframe.

12. In a combined bed and couch, a main frame and a two part bed framehaving one part pivotaily'engaged with said main frame and the otherpart free to move in respect thereto and hinged to the first part forjoint folding and unfolding, a spring bottom for said bed frame adaptedto fold and unfold therewith, a sepsirate mattress ada )ted to fold uponitself etween said spring ottom when the same is folded together, and aseparate spring seat adapted to rest upon said parts when folded, saidspring scat combining with the doubled spring and doubled mattresstherein toprovide a soft couch seat with a yielding and compactly formedfront seating edge the full length and depth of said parts.

13. In a combined couch and bed, a main frame, a combined seat and bedframe having a flat spring mesh bottom and comprising two sectionspivotall connected at one side of the planes of their ottoms and one ofsaid sections pivotally mounted upon said main frame and both saidsections jointly operative and free to swing within said main frame, 65.rests on said main frame for both said sections, legs for one of saidsections,'and a separate couch seat adapted to rest upon said bed framewhen folded and having a yielding front edge portion deending,-therefrom and secured to said main frame.

14. In a combined bed and couch, ainain frame, and a foldable combinedseat and bed frame having a spring bottom, in combination with anupholstered s ring seat removably mounted upon said bed frame and havinga detachable hinged connection at one edge with said bed frame and ahinged attachment with said main frame at its other? edge. I a

15. In a combined bed and couch, a main frame and a foldable bed'framehaving a. spring bottom, in combinationwith an'upholstered seatremovably mounted upon said bed frame, and flexible connectionsdetachably securing said seat at its rear ed e to the bed frame, andsaid seat having a rent ortion hinged thereto and to said main rame. I

16. A main frame, and a combined seat and open bed frame comprising apair of similar rail sections having end meeting rails provided withprojecting membersjhaving pivot connections at their outer ends, aspring bottom for saidbed frame, a pivot connection for one of saidsections engaged with said main frame, a set of folding s rings engagedwith said main frame an bed frame, rollers 11 on one of said sections,and a .set of rests at ifl'erehtelevations upon said main frame for saidrpllers,

In testimony whereof I sign this specificatron 1D. the presence of twowitnesses.

DAVID T. ()WEN.

Witnesses: i

R. B. MOSER, CQA. SELL.

